Jake Montgomery at MIR

[Slippi84]

I don't mind at all man, we got the crank done the other night, getting ready to take it to my machinist to have balanced and polished here in about 10 minutes. Saturday night we filled the block with hardblock, Arias pistons will be here in the morning along with a set of groden aluminum rods. So we should have it back up and running on Wednesday Wish we could have done a methanol motor this time around but time is not on our side and either is funding in that short period of time.

How hard is getting the block filled I want to fill the top part of my block and oring it for my build? Is it a do it yourself affair for a tuner with know how or better left to a shop especially since I'm getting them to oring it anyway?

 

[1992awdlaser]

How hard is getting the block filled I want to fill the top part of my block and oring it for my build? Is it a do it yourself affair for a tuner with know how or better left to a shop especially since I'm getting them to oring it anyway?

Moroso : Category Display

Sounds like a do it yourself job. I would do it myself if I do it anyway. I read on a mopar board that you should let it sit for a couple weeks before machining, don't know how true it is though.

 

[Slippi84]

Moroso : Category Display

Sounds like a do it yourself job. I would do it myself if I do it anyway. I read on a mopar board that you should let it sit for a couple weeks before machining, don't know how true it is though.

It doesn't look that hard actually. My question is how do people just fill the top of the motor or even more important why? Seems like from the process you pour it and it goes all the way to the bottom obviously and you have to fill it all the way to get to the top portion. Anyone with experience or input from seeing it done know if filling the whole block would be bad?

 

[1992awdlaser]

I have seen people fill the whole block with other cars. The main thing is it might run hotter. Some people say their temperature only went up 5-10 degrees though. Some people also said due to the higher temperature the oil pressure went down. So, you would need an oil cooler for that. Some of the people with the oil pressure problem also switched to synthetic and it pretty much fixed the problem even with no oil cooler.

I have only heard of people filling the bottom half of the block, not the top. Most of them fill it up to the bottom of the freeze plugs. Some fill it till there and then add a little more to get it to the top of the freeze plugs.

 

[Slippi84]

I have seen people fill the whole block with other cars. The main thing is it might run hotter. Some people say their temperature only went up 5-10 degrees though. Some people also said due to the higher temperature the oil pressure went down. So, you would need an oil cooler for that. Some of the people with the oil pressure problem also switched to synthetic and it pretty much fixed the problem even with no oil cooler.

I have only heard of people filling the bottom half of the block, not the top. Most of them fill it up to the bottom of the freeze plugs. Some fill it till there and then add a little more to get it to the top of the freeze plugs.

Yeah after reading the instructions all the way I would rather experiment with a junk block then a 4g64 block that I'm gonna be using for my big build. I'm gonna ask the shop oringing my block if they woul do it. Even though I'm all for hands on stuff somethings are better to just pay someone to do and just watch and learn for next time.

 

[1992awdlaser]

Yeah after reading the instructions all the way I would rather experiment with a junk block then a 4g64 block that I'm gonna be using for my big build. I'm gonna ask the shop oringing my block if they woul do it. Even though I'm all for hands on stuff somethings are better to just pay someone to do and just watch and learn for next time.

I agree. I didn't read those instructions before. Good thing I'm friends with a race car builder that can show me how to do it.

 

[bmoha2]

Sounds like you really spooked yourself and the wife when you had catastrophic failure. In some of you're posts you sounded unsure if you were going to continue. It would have been the end of an icon. Glad to have ya back and steeled for the track!

 

[Slippi84]

Sounds like you really spooked yourself and the wife when you had catastrophic failure. In some of you're posts you sounded unsure if you were going to continue. It would have been the end of an icon. Glad to have ya back and steeled for the track!

Last time I saw he was parting out his car who told you he was still in it?

 

[1992awdlaser]

Last time I saw he was parting out his car who told you he was still in it?

He said he will be building a fwd now.

 

[Slippi84]

He said he will be building a fwd now.

WOW that's news. Sounds like good times.

 

[whitedawg]

He bought an Evo, not sure if he's going to build that into his race car or not.

 

[4g63and420a]

Now im kinda wishin i didnt work late. I had planned being there.